Thursday, December 12th, 2019
Sonia Gandhi calls Citizenship Bill’s passage a ‘victory of bigoted forces’
Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday condemned Parliament’s approval of the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, calling it a dark day in India’s constitutional history and a triumph of narrow-minded and bigoted forces over the country’s pluralism. The vote The Rajya Sabha passed the Bill with 125 votes in favour and 105 against. The Lok Sabha had approved it on Monday by 311 votes to 80. Gandhi’s criticism In a statement released immediately after the vote, Gandhi said the Bill did not merely offend the principles of equality and religious non-discrimination writtenRead More